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Delaying election to fight off Boko Haram wise

Nigeria's electoral body has postponed the country's General Election, scheduled for Saturday by six weeks because of the volatile situation in the north where the Boko Haram insurgents have taken over and declared a caliphate.

Nigeria is divided into two political regions; the North which is predominantly Muslim and the Christian South.

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